Buzzword Reading Challenge 2024 - hosted by book_jumping

July: Measurements
A form of measurement (time, year, day, length, distance). Some words to look for can be small, long, half, middle, and time.
All books added
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

The Vanishing Half

Brit Bennett

352 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Half a Life by V.S. Naipaul

Half a Life

Willie Chandran #1

V.S. Naipaul

224 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

fiction historical challenging reflective slow-paced
The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

The Final Girl Support Group

Grady Hendrix

394 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction horror thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes

Year of Yes

Shonda Rhimes

7 hours, 4 minutes • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction memoir self help funny inspiring reflective medium-paced
Middle of the Night by Riley Sager

Middle of the Night

Riley Sager

352 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

Ninth House

Alex Stern #1

Leigh Bardugo

455 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy thriller adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Last to Leave the Room by Caitlin Starling

Last to Leave the Room

Caitlin Starling

368 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction horror speculative fiction dark mysterious medium-paced
Mislaid in Parts Half-Known by Seanan McGuire

Mislaid in Parts Half-Known

Wayward Children #9

Seanan McGuire

146 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional fast-paced
The Thousand Names by Django Wexler

The Thousand Names

The Shadow Campaigns #1

Django Wexler

513 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious medium-paced
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

This Is How You Lose the Time War

Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

198 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ romance science fiction adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced